Lilian Bailey was a deep trance
medium who gave supreme survival evidence to many
notable personalities in the 20th-Century. Kings
and Princes consulted her because of her
remarkable gift which allowed her spirit-self to
leave its mortal shell and thus allow a
communicator from the next world to take
temporary control of it; after this, bereaved
statesmen and people who had held high office
were now able to speak directly to their loved
ones whom they had left behind on the Earth.
Lilian Bailey is one of a handful of gifted
20th-Century British mediums who were responsible
for Spiritualism becoming a State-recognised
religion, owing to the impression that the
stunning quality of her survival evidence made on
all who witnessed it.Her many clients included
"The World's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford,
filmstar of the silent screen; Hollywood actress
Merle Oberon, of Wuthering Heights fame;
the inimitable Mae West; one of Canada's greatest
Premiers, Mr MacKenzie King - and even members of
the British Royal Family benefited from her
gifts.
One night Lilian was
approached by a lady who asked her if she would
give a consultation "to a group of
VIPs" in London. She agreed, even though she
had to be blindfolded in the limousine, and then
secretly driven to a mystery venue.
Lilian was ushered into
a building and invited to sit down. She thought
she heard a rustling of skirts at this time;
then, still unable to see, she fell into
trance...
After the seance, upon
removing the blindfold she discovered that she
was seated in an elegant drawing-room before
Queen Elizabeth, the late Queen Mother, and other
immediate members of the British Royal Family.
Lilian learned that
during her deep-trance state, the late King
George VI had controlled her and spoken again to
his devoted Queen Consort, Elizabeth - and this
was to be the first of many such seances by royal
command.
The Queen Mother was so
impressed with Lilian Bailey's mediumship that,
as a token of appreciation for allowing her to
commune again with her beloved Bertie, she took a
gold brooch from her dress and presented it to
Lilian, saying, 'It is of no real value. We own
very little jewellery ourselves - it all belongs
to the Nation. But I would like you to accept
this.' (A strange statement to make, coming from
a member of one of the world's wealthiest
families.)
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Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth,
the late Queen Mother,
who lived to be 101 years
old.
King George VI, of
course, knew all about mediums when he was alive.
When his speech therapist, Lionel Logue, had told
him that he had visited mediums to seek evidence
of his wife's survival after death, the King was
not shocked - in fact he was quite supportive and
remarked, "My family are no strangers to
Spiritualism."
Queen
Victoria had regularly sat with her personal
medium, and extremely close friend, John Brown.
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Lilian had two main
spirit-controls or spirit guides. The first was a
young soldier named William Hedley Wootton, an
ex-Grenadier Guards' Captain who had been killed
in France in 1914-18 War. From beyond death,
William gave his mother's full name and address,
and a letter from his parents in Boston, USA,
verified his existence. Lilian also obtained a
spirit photograph of her guide via the mediumship
of William Hope.
The second control was a
delightful little Cingalese girl who liked to be
called 'Poppet'.
When asked about what
her mediumship had taught her, Lilian Bailey
replied:
'I am so sure that life
goes on after death. It is not a hope - it is an
absolute conviction. There is no question in my
mind that we shall meet, and be with, those whom
we love.'
You can search the web
for, and then read, Lilian Bailey's life-story
which is now out-of-print - it's called Death is Her Life (written by W.F. Neech, and
published by Psychic
Press in 1957).
There is another Lilian
Bailey book, called: Teachings
Through the Mediumship of Lilian Bailey, compiled by Marjorie Aarons
ISBN 0 7212 0832 0
(Regency Press Ltd)
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